A 75 year old man is pushed by two riot officers. Perhaps being in the ranges of 20 to 35, I don’t know. I didn’t check. I just noticed that the man was only wearing a light sweater and pants, versus the officers in riot gear. The officers looked to be decked out in gear that only America’s healthcare employees could wish for, as they’re the ones fighting the world wide pandemic.

The man was shoved unexpectedly. It may not have been a shove, even, so much as a push to just make the man begin walking backwards. This is not what happened. The man, who was holding nothing but a cell phone and a riot officers helmet, lost his balance after being pushed. He stumbled one or two steps, then fell. His lower back hits the pavement first, causing his upper body to accelerate faster towards the ground, and his head similar to a whips tail, hits solid concrete.

The officers continue marching forward, but only for a second or two, before the one that the man had approached notices blood streaming out of the old mans ears. He has a very panicked reaction, but only for a split second as his squad instructs him to continue moving forward towards the protesters. The remaining officers take notice, having very little reaction; an immediate “bystander effect” onsets.

This man is regarded as being in a “serious, but stable condition,” a few days later. Which means nothing more than he’s alive, and not getting worse. There is no indications as to whether his condition is expected to improve over time. He could be in a coma, relying on life support, as far as the hospitals announcement goes.

Four days after the video was released to public, the president tweets, verbatim:

Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment. @OANN I watched, he fell harder than was pushed. Was aiming scanner. Could be a set up?

This is where I am going to stop this style of writing, as this lays out the mindset that I am in. I’m upset – obviously, I’m enraged, sad, shocked, and confused.

The police commissioner states almost immediately that officers were, “Simply following orders.” This is an issue, if that defense holds up worth a flipping fuck. Has no one ever heard of THE MILGRAM OBEDIENCE STUDY. (If you don’t feel like watching the full documentary, find a summarized version, or educate yourself, you simplistic small-minded fucks.)

The fact that officer had ANY reaction is a sign that there is a human inside that suit of armor. That HUMAN reaction is what this world needs more of. He realized they fucked up as soon as he realized there was blood on his hands. I guess good thing there’s so much camaraderie in the police force. Cause the 57 other police officers resign in solidarity after the two officers were charged with 2nd degree assault. They also only resigned from the tactical response unit, after their union said they wouldn’t cover any costs of legal fees for officers involved in bad behavior in response to the protests.

Our president, who we are supposed to rely on for appropriate action during times of chaos and crisis, decided his best response was to send a character limited tweet, as to not waste too much time on the subject.

Our president decided to tweet bullshit campaign propaganda about a man who MAY HAVE PERMANENT, SEVERE BRAIN DAMAGE, to help him win an election.

OANN is a small news company, established 6 years ago, in 2013, and is known for being far right. It’s twitter follower-base stacks a measly 850K when compared to other news outlets. (Fox news, established 23 years ago / 29M followers) (CNN 40 : 48.5M) (Wall Street Journal 130 : 17.8M.

This is who the president has to tweet to in order to try to look legitimate? I understand how he thinks the rest of the media is “fake news” and whatnot, but this would be best compared to being in a relationship and everyone telling you to get out of it, right? Maybe, if the majority of people, with a third person perspective, are weighing in with negative thoughts, you might be in a unhealthy relationship.

He is blind to how bad of a position he is in, and where he is taking this country, and this world along with it.

Going back to the incident. That man is 75 years old, our president is 73. Do you think he could be pushed by two officers and hold himself up well enough to keep from hitting his head? When you are 75, do you believe you will have the reaction time to save yourself?

Do you believe that this was set up? Would you risk your life just to get this moment on camera? Would you allow your friends or family to risk their lives to capture tragedies on camera? I am so very and seriously confused with how people can believe this borderline North Korean-type propaganda and fucking run with it. I am sick of dealing with mountains of idiots with no original opinions or thoughts on what’s going on around them – yet I am called a sheep.

If Martin Gugino dies, or even has life-altering effects, he was nothing more than a martyr, and I feel awful for him and his family and his friends.

Fuck this world.